Islamabad - Former premier and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has accused the backers of the Afghan peace process of lying and misleading the public, saying jihad alone can resolve the country's crisis.
In his Eid-ul-Fitr message, Hekmatyar said those who expected that the peace process would yield a solution to the crisis in Afghanistan were lying.
"The only solution is to continue the jihad until all the foreign forces fully leave Afghanistan," he said in a statement issued yesterday.
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... till foreign forces leave country
Islamabad - Former Afghan prime minister and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has said "jihad" is the only alternative till foreign forces leave the country.
"The only solution is to continue the jihad until all the foreign forces fully leave Afghanistan," The Express Tribune quoted Hekmatyar, as saying.
The HIA had been involved in talks with Afghan government and U.S. officials, which were eventually suspended after Kabul signed a strategic partnership agreement with Washington earlier this year.
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